Agartala, May 13 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a proclaimed offender allegedly involved in two chit fund scam cases linked to Tripura.

The accused, identified as Sanjit Chakraborty, was arrested from Kolkata, West Bengal, on May 12. He has allegedly been absconding since the registration of the cases in 2013.

According to the CBI, Chakraborty has been chargesheeted in two separate cases related to alleged chit fund frauds in Tripura involving misappropriation of public money amounting to more than Rs 7.75 crore.

The agency stated that in the first case, a chargesheet was filed in 2015 against Sanjit Chakraborty and others for allegedly duping investors of around Rs 7.48 crore. In the second case, a chargeshe...